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This post is for all the Dune fans out there (tdod!), looks like a new Dune movie is in the works (IMDB Link):
the producers have secured the rights to the Dune novel from Frank Herbert’s estate and are looking for writers to provide a screenplay that is true to the original text.
So yea… if the David Lynch one made your brain break, hopefully this one will be a little less… randomly nonsensical for folks that didn’t read every single Dune book, and hopefully more main stream…
MOR-DEEEEEP!
BTW, for folks that never watched it. Apparently (according to FOLKS), the Lynch Dune movie was good, and the 2-part mini series was teh suck. So if you want to check it out, rent the Lynch one with Kyle MacLachlan in it.
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April 14th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Well, I think many fans would disagree with “FOLKS” view that the Lynch movie was good. Of course, anything DUNE related is sure to bring out fanatics who loved the movie, but I think the general consensus is that the scifi version was marginally better than the movie (supported by IMDB voting).
I am one of the wierdos that just like both of them — flaws and all — because I loved the books. However, this does not mean I think the movies were great. Both prior movies leave the door wide open for a better movie to be made.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
I would rather see them continue the scifi mini series idea and make the last couple of dune books then yet another remake of the first book. I would gladly buy the DVDs for that. I am not sure if I really think it is worth it to spend the money on the first one again.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:33 am
Has the first one ever been done *well* before though? Lynch’s was interesting I suppose, but almost too weird to completely enjoy.
I did hear the mini series was good, but a bit aged now… I wonder if with some spruced up visual it could be made into the epic story that it always was?
July 30th, 2008 at 10:18 am
I don’t think that either portrayal of the books was done too well. The older movie had too many things that went in the wrong direction from the book and the new sci-fi series did a better job at the story but failed to bring to view the amazing visuals of the Dune universe. Maybe with a good director, and writer at the helm and some money for effects, they could make dune the masterpiece that it really is.